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Well, he does actually look like that. And he’s only 25, so he’s still a bit arrogant :-) But, what he’s saying agrees with my experience, at three times his a

Well, he does actually look like that. And he’s only 25, so he’s still a bit arrogant :-) But, what he’s saying agrees with my experience, at three times his age: train with weights, have a caloric deficit emphasizing low carb, and walk for an hour on the days you aren’t lifting. https://physiqonomics.com/cardio-or-weights/ https://physiqonomics.com/cardio-or-weights/

dmurray 5y ago
You can't have a caloric deficit as a long-term lifestyle choice: eventually you would waste away. But perhaps it's good advice anyway because most people could benefit from it in the short term.
- baxtr 5y ago
  He actually has content on how to stop a low-deficit diet once your happy with your weight.
- eurekin 5y ago
  After few years of training and being lead by a personal trainer and a dietician I'd add one thing: It's crucial to have a high BMR - basal metabolic rate, when going into a deficit. Any deficit will cause body to lower the BMR and, if it's going into < 1800kcal/day (for man) it will generally result in problems. Body is very adaptable and will just shut down any energy hungry "facilities": lower body temperature ("I'm cold all the time", "I always have cold last two fingers"), increase sleep duration, decrease immune responses ("Why I get flu all the time in season, while others don't?") and so on. It will loose fat, but if BMR is low, then it's also in the shock mode, where it will want to get that back as fast as possible, with some extra. That's how the yoyo effect work on physiological level. So, start cutting on BMR of 2500-3000. It won't drop into dangerous levels and will be lower impact on the body
  - arisAlexis 5y ago
    Actually there is a big school of thought that low basal rate makes you live longer and a high one makes you live fast and die.
    - eurekin 5y ago
      Any source?
      - arisAlexis 5y ago
        Read up on caloric restriction and longevity. This link came up but there are others. Not sure how solid this theory is, I am just mentioning it because OP was very sure it's the other way around. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262579/#:~:text=The%20idea%20that%20there%20is,their%20metabolism%20(per%20gram)%20and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262579/#:~:tex...
        eurekin 5y ago
        Good read. I should edit my comment out and replace BMR with metabolic rate

dmurray 5y ago

You can't have a caloric deficit as a long-term lifestyle choice: eventually you would waste away. But perhaps it's good advice anyway because most people could benefit from it in the short term.

baxtr 5y ago
He actually has content on how to stop a low-deficit diet once your happy with your weight.
eurekin 5y ago
After few years of training and being lead by a personal trainer and a dietician I'd add one thing: It's crucial to have a high BMR - basal metabolic rate, when going into a deficit. Any deficit will cause body to lower the BMR and, if it's going into < 1800kcal/day (for man) it will generally result in problems. Body is very adaptable and will just shut down any energy hungry "facilities": lower body temperature ("I'm cold all the time", "I always have cold last two fingers"), increase sleep duration, decrease immune responses ("Why I get flu all the time in season, while others don't?") and so on. It will loose fat, but if BMR is low, then it's also in the shock mode, where it will want to get that back as fast as possible, with some extra. That's how the yoyo effect work on physiological level. So, start cutting on BMR of 2500-3000. It won't drop into dangerous levels and will be lower impact on the body
- arisAlexis 5y ago
  Actually there is a big school of thought that low basal rate makes you live longer and a high one makes you live fast and die.
  - eurekin 5y ago
    Any source?
    - arisAlexis 5y ago
      Read up on caloric restriction and longevity. This link came up but there are others. Not sure how solid this theory is, I am just mentioning it because OP was very sure it's the other way around. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262579/#:~:text=The%20idea%20that%20there%20is,their%20metabolism%20(per%20gram)%20and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262579/#:~:tex...
      - eurekin 5y ago
        Good read. I should edit my comment out and replace BMR with metabolic rate